Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
- BSB Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
- NKJV Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
- NASB Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may have relations with her.”
- NLT Finally, the time came for him to marry her. “I have fulfilled my agreement,” Jacob said to Laban. “Now give me my wife so I can sleep with her.”
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Cross-references · 7
- Judg 15:1But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said, “I will go in to my wife’s room.” But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in.
- Gen 29:20Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
- Gen 31:41These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
- Matt 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
- Gen 29:18Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
- Gen 4:1The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”
- Gen 38:16He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
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